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CULTURALLY
SPECIFIC HEALING
Why Ancestral Movement, Human Connection,
and Collective Joy Are The New RX
Before there were words, there was rhythm.
Before there were systems, there was movement.
Before therapy language, before wellness
programs, before anyone told us how we were
“supposed” to heal, we did what was intuitive and
deeply rooted in our DNA: we moved and….we moved
together, too. From the womb to the tomb, movement
preceded language perhaps because it has always been a
language of its own.
Much like the organic circle that forms when we dance,
shared movement taught us how to soothe ourselves, how
to trust one another, and how to belong. Our feelings didn’t